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Re:Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car by sillysaurus3 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @09:52AM (#15081517)
Could you just use standard wheels, but let all four of them turn 90 degrees? Then the car could move laterally.
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Re:Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car by Retric on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:24AM (#15081743)
There are some cars that already do this.

It's a lot simpler with independent electric motors per wheel, but generally not that useful as self drivings cars can already parallel park just fine.

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Re:Apple Scales Back Its Ambitions for a Self-Driving Car by jacquesm on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:48PM (#15083033)
You only need one wheel to turn very tightly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlLZE23EJKs

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